Improvement in hats



C. E. RICHARDS.

HAT.

No. 188,951. Patented March 27,1877.

W'WQ MWQ N, PETERS. PHOTO-LlTHcGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OELIUS E. RICHARDS, OF NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, MASS, ASSIGN OR OF ONE- HALF HIS RIGHT TO SOORATES SOHOLFIELD, OF PROVIDENCE, R. I.

IMPROVEMENT IN HATS.

Sgecification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 88,9511, dated March 27, 1877; application filed February 16, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OELIUs E. RICHARDS, of North Attleborough, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Summer Hat, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention consists in a light summer hat, constructed with a braid rim attached to a knit crown or body, as a new manufacture.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a hat embodying my invention.

In the drawing, A is the crown or body of the hat, knit on a knittingmachine from any thread or twine suitable for such purpose, and B is the rim, made of straw or other braid,

sewed together as usual in the manufacture of straw-braid hats, and secured to the knit crown or body of the hat so that thejunction may be concealed by the silk band 0 on the outside, and the sweat-lining D on the inside. These hats are to be formed on a block, and stiffened with sizing and varnish, as usual in the manufacture of hats for summer wear.

I claim as my invention- A hat consisting of a knit crown or body, combined with a braid rim, as a new manufacture.

OELIUS E. RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

SOORATES ScHoLFIELn, ALBA R. ABBOTT. 

